Showing posts with label hypertension diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hypertension diet. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Eat Low Sodium Foods, Reduce heart attacks by 155,000!

As I was reading this article, I came across a very interest data published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

"If typical Americans cut a modest amount of salt from their daily diet, there would be an estimated 155,000 fewer heart attacks and strokes annually, according to a study published last month"

The article can be read here:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0216-salt--20100215,0,5620875.story